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The News Flash

The Air Car - Welcome to the future! It´s already looking like the MDI Air Car will be one of the major technological discoveries of the new century. Inventor Guy Négre has developed a car capable of a top speed of 110 km/h, 300 kilometres on one tank of fuel and at a cost of just a penny per kilometre. All of this at "zero pollution". In fact the car cleans the air it uses!

California approves world's toughest vehicle emissions rules — California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers.

Rival Technologies Vie for 'Green' Car of Tomorrow -Carmakers presented new-age automobiles at the Paris car show that could give much-hyped fuel cells a run for their money in the coming market for vehicles that do less damage to the environment.

Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Vehicles Create Stir - How much do some people want a gasoline-electric hybrid car? Enough to pay thousands of dollars more than the manufacturer's suggested price.

For buyers of hybrid cars, style and status apparently are important features - The Toyota Prius, a gas-electric hybrid, is so popular there's a six- to eight-month waiting list to get one at Koons Tysons Toyota in suburban Virginia. Across the street at Rosenthal Honda, the rival Honda Civic Hybrid is in ready supply - 11 cars sat in the sun on a recent morning.

Sunflower oil boost to car future - UK scientists have developed a process for making hydrogen from sunflower oil which could prove an important future source of eco-friendly energy. A University of Leeds team says the development could make hydrogen-powered vehicles a more realistic proposition.